James H. Boyd ~ Angeline Boyd

James H. Boyd, who owns and operates a well improved farm of one hundred acres in Keene Township, was born in White Eyes township, Coshocton county, Ohio, March 28, 1846. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Tanney) Boyd, natives of Ireland, came to Coshocton county at an early day but both are now deceased. Their family numbered five children, namely: S. T. Boyd, Mary Ann Boyd, and Nancy Boyd, all of whom have passed away; Elizabeth Boyd, the widow of Robert Elliott, residing in Canton, Ohio; and James H. Boyd, of this review.

The last named acquired a common school education and remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage at the age of twenty-seven years. In 2 May 1864, however, he had enlisted for service in the Civil war as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, remaining a loyal defender of the Union until (13 Sept 1864) its supremacy had been established. Subsequent to his marriage Mr. Boyd purchased a farm of sixty-one acres in Lafayette township but later sold this and bought the place of one hundred acres in Keene township, where he has since resided. The many substantial improvements which are now seen on the property stand as monuments to his thrift and enterprise, and in the conduct of his agricultural interests he has met with a well merited measure of prosperity, owing to his unremitting industry and capable management.

Mr. Boyd was joined in wedlock to Miss Angeline Boyd, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy Boyd, both deceased. Mrs. Boyd was one of a family of eight children and by her marriage to our subject has become the mother of three, as follows: Cora Boyd, the wife of E. M. Hamilton, of Keene township; Nora J. Boyd, the wife of C. M. Hamilton, of Mill Creek township; and John C. Boyd, at home.

In his political views Mr. Boyd is a stalwart republican and has served as school director, the cause of education finding in him a stanch champion. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which they take n active and helpful interest. Having resided in this county throughout his entire life, covering a period of sixty-two years. Mr. Boyd is largely familiar with its annals from pioneer times down to the present and has been an interested witness of the changes which have occurred as the country has been developed from a wild and unsettled region into a district replete with all the comforts, conveniences and luxuries of modern civilization.

Source: Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio by William J. Bahmer; Includes index. Microfilm of original published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909. 2 v. - FHL Film 934887 Items 3-4

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